The final page is yet to be written. John Coats Jim Hendricksen wrote: > as long as you are discussing viruses and hoaxes, our office was hit with a > virus today, not sure how bad. > Beware of an e-mail labeled "homepage" on inside says something like "you > have got to see this home page" > > -----Original Message----- > From: G. or C. Sears [mailto:etsears@nr.infi.net] > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 11:11 PM > To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: RE: Recent virus HOAX [COATES-L] Fw: SARC information on: > SULFNBK.EXE Warning > > If you read all of the info at "SARC" you find that the Symantec folks are > treating it as a HOAX! The SULFNBK.EXE file can be infected with a virus, > BUT it (SULFNBK.EXE) is a legitimate Microsoft file. Its mere presence > signifies nothing. If you delete it you most likely will have only deleted > a seldom used utility that was provided by Microsoft. > > One of the purposes of HOAXes is to frighten people into damaging their PC > or its functionality while they try to remove the non-existent virus or > Trojan. The people who initiate HOAXes are just as much vandals as the one > who write viruses. They expect that in fear/ignorance/panic or some > combination thereof people can be induced to damage themselves. > Unfortunately they often succeed. > > Please people, when you receive these e-mails that try to rush you into > deleting something from your PC, don't just blindly go and do it! Check it > out first, even if the person who sent it to you is sincere and well > meaning, it still is quite possibly a HOAX. The Symantec site referenced > below is a reputable resource, as is www.mcafeee.com. After all, if someone > you didn't know (or someone you did) called you up and told you that a > criminal working at your bank was about to steal your money. That you could > only prevent it by withdrawing the money and placing it for safekeeping with > the woman in the green dress standing on the corner one block down the > street from the bank. Would you question this before or after you found the > woman in the green dress? > > Eugene T. Sears, MCP > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:44 AM > To: COATES-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [COATES-L] Fw: SARC information on: SULFNBK.EXE Warning > > ----- Original Message ----- > Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 8:39 AM > Subject: Fwd: SARC information on: SULFNBK.EXE Warning > > ----Original Message Follows---- > > Subject: SARC information on: SULFNBK.EXE Warning > Date: Tue, 29 May 2001 08:28:19 -0400 (EDT) > > I thought you'd like to read about SULFNBK.EXE Warning at the following URL: > http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/sulfnbk.exe.warning.html > This service is brought to you by the Symantec AntiVirus Research Center > (SARC). > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > Coates, Coate, Coats Digital Archive: > http://www.rootsquest.com/~coatsfar > > ==== COATES Mailing List ==== > To > unsubscribe, send the command "unsubscribe" to > COATES-L-request@rootsweb.com (if in mail mode) or > COATES-D-request@rootsweb.com (if in digest mode.)